Goodbye's made easier with cake*

It has been a week of tying up loose ends and saying goodbye to all those I love. I have had to complete one more science assignment, which I have to complete after I have finished this post. I had my first Practical Counselling skills 1 lecture and I had a farewell dinner where, I have to admit, I impressed myself. I have even had to get over a cold :(

I did not get to finish all my monthly duties, sadly. I wasn't able to see my teachers or do the lotto. This is sad although I am hoping there is a chance of me entering the lottery in England. 

I am so excited to leave although there are people I will miss. The trip is great as it is not too long, so goodbye is not that serious. I whipped up a delicious chocolate cake and south Indian vegetable curry. It all went down well and left me further convinced that I have been blessed with great skill in the kitchen. 

When I return I will have to get a rapid start on studying for my exam which I will be writing at the end of June and I will have to step up my running to longer distances and more frequent runs. I look forward to the challenge. June is going to be a whirlwind of a month. I just hope I make it through unscathed. 


To those that I am already missing, (you know who you are) I am thinking of you all the time and will be wishing for your presence on my travels. I can't wait to see you again!


Lisa: You will be okay, I get back the day after Andrea and will make sure that we do stuff and have an amazing time with great photo's :)


Harsha: Don't stress!!!! Your exams will go well, you have been working hard this entire year and I have SO much faith in you. My fingers and toes will be crossed and i'll send you a long motivational speech before each exam to get you through. Sms's, old school ;)


Andrea: All I can think about is the amazing time Harsha, Lisa and I are going to have while you're in the DRC...
JOKES!!! I'm really going to miss you and how cool you think you are. Go make a difference, I know you will without even trying. 

All my love. 

Life with great company :)

I must admit to being in love with my life. A lot has changed for me this year and it has been a huge adjustment, but its been the greatest year thus far. I have really achieved a great balance in my life. I feel like my life is perfectly balanced between physics, au pairing, psychology, exercise, friends and family. My relationships with my friends and family have never been stronger, my exercise routine has never been this intense yet incredible and my work load, although at times excessive, has never been this enjoyable. 

May has been a good month for me, a great month for me. April ended with a scratch on my list. For my birthday I was treated to a hot stone massage (no. 68), by the most incredible friend in the world. It was an amazing morning with her. It was at the Mount Nelson Hotel and I have never felt so pampered in my entire life. This will not be my last hot stone massage, I am successfully hooked. 

The rest of that day was spent with Andrea, Lisa, Harsha and Tim. As it was Tim's birthday we took advantage of the weather and went to Camps bay. I really do have the most incredible friends in the world. My friends and family make my life. 

The following weekend I got to scratch off another achievement on my list. This was number 87, run the Milkwood. I only did the 10km, but this was still something to be proud of. We got there and the wind was howling harder and louder than I have ever heard it. The temptation to just go home and back under the warm duvet cover was tremendous, but I couldn't do that. This was on my list and so I had no choice but to start and finish the race. I'm so glad that I did. It went much better than I thought it would and so my confidence about running the half marathon in July is slowly increasing. 

This month I managed to keep up with my exercise schedule, I have to admit to being neglectful of yoga and this saddens me, but I promise to take it up again as soon as I get back from England at the beginning of June. I did my first ever Physical Science test on Monday and although I tried my hardest, it was not extremely successful. I have not received my marks yet, it's not something I am looking forward to, but I will try even harder for the exam and now I know which areas need more work. 

I plan on visiting my favourite teachers next week before I leave and I plan on having my monthly dinner party then too. I managed to enter the lottery before the month of April ended and I plan on entering the lottery tomorrow night for May. 

I leave in less than a week and I am overwhelmed with excitement. I really want to get away and walk the streets of a different continent, be surrounded by people from all over the world, and next week I will be. Ill be sure to keep blogging while I am there. 


About 2 weeks ago I purchased a self-help relationship book. This fact is slightly embarrassing, I had to send my mother to the front counter to pay as I didn't have the guts to do it myself. It's a book for the girl that is too nice when it comes to guys, the girl that always ends up hurt and confused. I am that girl and for any girl that is like this too, I recommend this book for you. It has successfully reminded me that I am a catch, any and every girl is and if a guy wants to be with us, no matter how good looking, how nice, how much we like them, every guy has to prove to a girl that he deserves to be with her. Every girl is worth any guy she wants, there is no guy too good for any girl. We have to make guys work hard to get us, they must prove their worth to us and most importantly, we need to respect and love ourselves enough to not settle for anyone who thinks himself worthier than fighting for the girl he wants. 

My biggest challenge this month was finding out that the last guy I was with has asked one of my closest friends out on a date. This did hurt. It hurt because this guy didn't like me enough to want to commit to me and I kept thinking that I could change his mind, but I never did. She asked my permission to go and I had no choice, but to say yes. I was difficult and I'm scared, but I know now that I am too good for him and we are not right for each other. I deserve more and I don't want him or anything to do with him, so why stand in the way of letting him be with someone he wants to. I just know that being friends with her isn't going to be as easy as it has always been. 

I look forward to the rest of this month and what the next month will hold in store for me. Each month I grow a little more and I become happier to be the person that I am. Each month I grow to love myself a little more. This would not be possible without my friends and family. I am the luckiest girl in the world because in everything I do, I have the best company.